English

Verb

scrunch ‎(third-person singular simple present scrunches, present participle scrunching, simple past and past participle scrunched)

1. To crumple and squeeze to make more compact.

   He scrunched the paper into a ball and threw it at the whistling girl.

   • 1793–1799, Robert Townson, Tracts and Observations in Natural History and Physiology, page 154:

     […] and the scrunching of ashes under our feet I have often observed to be disagreeable to many.

   • 1800, Walter Besant, James Rice, With Harp and Crown, page 828:

     Then I put them under my heel, and scrunched them up, every one.

See also

• scrunchie
• scrunch up

Noun

scrunch ‎(plural scrunches)

1. A crunching noise.

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